Lucybespro
It is a performances centric movie
MoPoshy
Absolutely brilliant
GarnettTeenage
The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
Stephanie
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
acw202
The film is a pre-Enlightenment allegory, or the description of one thing under the guise of another. Certainly not social utopianism or realism. The young woman tempts the mortal laws by defying custom and the material world. She wants to follow her spirit and a craving for Shakespeare and the world of Orpheus. She is compelled to bring forth the child . . . or the longing of her soul. She suffers various hardships and adventures on her journey, sometimes comically and ineptly aided by her hapless buffoon father and idiot-savant brother. Only when she leaves the earth can the mysterious birth occur in the coupling of the female with the male.
sohait
I have seen this movie at a festival in Budapest last October. What can I say, great plot, cast with the traditional Tajik music performed by Daler Nazarov. Viva Bakhtiyar!! Viva Tajikistan!! The story truly reflects whatever that happened to Tajiks and Tajikistanis during the last decade of the last century. Please do not confuse it w/ Russia, as it is not true. We are one Great Nation of Tajiks completely different from what you might picture about Russia. I am proud of Bakhtiyar!! Well done!!Great play by Chulpan Khamatova and Ato Mukhamedjanov!! You are the Oscar winners!!
ef3_2000
It's such a great movie, the direction is perfect, the landscapes are beautiful, and the actors are really good. You can laugh a lot, but you don't lose a sense of reality (well, sometimes it's a little exaggerate). If you like Kusturica you can't miss it.
snadman
if we'd missed this film, we'd have had to fly to russia or sweden to see it. what an expensive night at the cinema that would prove. (is there a distributor out there reading this? we've got a big *HINT* stick we'd like to hit you with.)we laughed and gaped through the entire film. we saw it at the toronto international film festival. mr khudojnazarov fielded questions after the premier. we asked about the scene with the cow; we believe he called it something akin to "an act of god".please, see it and promote charming, intelligent directors who make charming, intelligent movies.ps, you'll find out what happened to manni after lola ran with her DM.
